BILLY MAY and his ORCHESTRA - Transcription Recordings - DOUBLE CD

Billy May was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1916. At school he learned to play the brass bass (tuba), trombone and trumpet, and performed not only in several of the school bands but also with outside groups. At first, his regular instrument was the trombone but gradually he gave preference to the trumpet. On completing his education, he simply increased his involvement in music and earned some extra money by transcribing from records the arrangements of tunes played by the popular bands of the day. In doing this, he learned the basics of arranging for a dance band and began to make arrangements for the bands for whom he was playing.

Disc 2

1. PERFIDIA
2. THE DESERT SONG
3. I CAN DREAM CAN'T I 4. LET'S PUT OUT THE LIGHTS AND GO TO SLEEP
5. MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE v. Sherry Kay
6. THE ONE I LOVE (BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE)
7. ORCHIDS IN THE MOONLIGHT
8. THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
9. VILIA
10. Introduction to 'Let's Go To Town'
11. PERFIDIA
12. ST. LOUIS BLUES v. Margaret Whiting
13. MAYHEM
14. TENDERLY
15. LEAN BABY
16. SHE DIDN'T SAY YES
17. PICK YOURSELF UP
18. SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME
19. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN
20. IT'S THE NATURAL THING TO DO
21. I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES v. Peggy Lee
22. FASCINATING RHYTHM
23. Conclusion of 'Let's Go To Town'